Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: No Problems At All In The Past Year
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this camera about a year ago direct from Gateway. I have never once had any issue with the camera... No memory card error, no lens motor malfunction... and all of my pictures have turned out excellent.Customer Review: Also agree camera is much better than reviews insinuate
Summary: 5 Stars
I've written two review and each time it's been erased by the dreaded back button, but that's just how persistant i am on proving this is a good camera.
This camera comes with all the standard bells and whistles (they're listed above) but it even comes with 5MP! Thats sounds like a good deal to me. I don't know what was wrong with Amazon's cameras but i got mine from BestBuy (and with a much better deal at that) and the colors were perfect. Just make sure you have it on the right settings (night for night; contrast how you like it; sepia and monochrome when you want it; quality: fine is the best one)
That paragraph includes the pro's; now for the con's.
CONS:
You need a memory card, but no matter the camera that's always the case. The one it comes with is always to small (even though the 32mb card it brings isnt that bad)
Look around for a better price. At BestBuy they we bought it at $150. It's sold out at BestBuy (with good reason) but it's still available for pick-up in some locations
Customer Review: please look at other options before you buy this camera
Summary: 2 Stars
I am fed up with this camera. My parents bought it for me because i have a Gateway computer and they wanted to make sure that my digital camera would be compatible with my computer.
I'll just make this short and sweet.
1 : McGyver couldn't figure out how to turn this camera on.
2 : Expect to miss a lot of potentially great shots, because the start up screen stays on unnecessarily long.
3 : Expect blurry shots for the first 2 weeks of using it.
4 : If you buy a large memory card, you computer will start freaking out whenever you plug the USB into it.
5 : If you plug it into a new G5, your pictures may get erased.
6 : Customer Service at Gateway won't help.
Just get something else. It will save you from so much frustration and anger in the long run.
Customer Review: Don't buy this camera
Summary: 2 Stars
This camera is only compatible with Gateway brand USB cables. If you happen to lose your USB cable then you are out of luck because Gateway does not sell the cable alone. I don't understand why Gateway doesn't sell replacement parts for its own camera, especially since no other brand works. Curiously, this problem didnt seem at all interesting to the 4 different Gateway employees I spoke with.Customer Review: Much better than these reviews indicate!
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered this camera from Gateway, directly, at a relatively modest price for a 5.25MP digital camera. The camera was fabulous outdoors but faces and backgrounds had a green cast when using the flash. I tried various flash settings and finally decided that my camera had a flaw. I emailed Gateway and received an immediate response asking me to call an agent. After a brief explanation of my problem I was told that a new camera would be sent immediately. The new camera takes perfect pictures! The detail is incredible and the color is accurate. There are some exceptional features on this little camera such as a sturdy and attractive metal casing, easy to use controls, a multitude of settings which allow you to choose aperture or shutter speed preferences, portrait mode which blurs the background and includes a red eye reduction flash feature, a choice of focal distances including a macro lens feature, movie clips with sound, 3x optical zoom (I reccommend using only optical zoom with a digital camera)and many more. The battery is rechargeable directly in the camera and it stays charged for a long time. There is also a battery life meter as well as an indicator of space available on the sd card.
There are some problems as well. The red eye reduction though helpful is not perfect. This is a problem that exists with all small digital cameras and can be fixed on your computer. The time between pressing the shutter release button and getting an image is long especially with a 512MB card. This may account for the blurred pictures that some people have commented about. You MUST hold still until the picture appears on your monitor or your motion will blur the image. (Try keeping your elbows in at your side for more stability.) Another reason for blurred images might be choosing the wrong focus. If you are set in macro mode and snapping a distant object it will appear blurred and vice versa for close objects and long distance settings. The flash is not extremely powerful but works as well as any other small digital I've used, and I've used many. This is not a strong suit of compact digital cameras.
Overall this is a great value for the price and the photos you get will be as good as or better than any point and shoot film camera you now own. The advantage will be that you can view them immediately, email to friends, and print photos yourself using a photo printer and your computer. No more waiting for the photomat to do its job. Be aware that you should bring along an extra card and an extra battery if you want to be assured of uninterrupted use of any digital camera. Since these items are reuseable indefinitely they are worth the investment.